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There's this moment in It's A Wonderful Life that always makes me cringe. George Baily has come to realize that he has been screwed again by life, looks around his house, walks over to his corner where his projects and dreams, in the form of cardboard bridges and other projects are, and sweeps everything off the table. It makes me cringe because i wonder why we, especially men, like to build things, and dream of building other things and just, dream. Why do we do this?
My brother builds model car kits; he has done this all his life, is a member of clubs etc. Then there is me, stained glass, reading, bread baking, my genealogy. No one gives a hoot up my genealogy; i will pass it along to no one. Only one other person would eat my bread; the glass is something to keep me busy, but then what?
What is the urge; was it better when we worked 12 hours until we dropped?
I come back to this; what about gardening, is there anything more futile. Today i was out in the cold..50 degrees, putting away garden stakes and rolling fences, for three servings of beans and some rotten onions.
Pointless.
My brother builds model car kits; he has done this all his life, is a member of clubs etc. Then there is me, stained glass, reading, bread baking, my genealogy. No one gives a hoot up my genealogy; i will pass it along to no one. Only one other person would eat my bread; the glass is something to keep me busy, but then what?
What is the urge; was it better when we worked 12 hours until we dropped?
I come back to this; what about gardening, is there anything more futile. Today i was out in the cold..50 degrees, putting away garden stakes and rolling fences, for three servings of beans and some rotten onions.
Pointless.
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I guess we have the inner drive to be creative, to have some formative power or input. To have some knowledge and control of how things work?
Who doesn't eat your bread? I would think everybody wanted to eat your bread. I would eat your bread.
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I don't know what it is, compulsion to fill empty hours; get out of our heads?
Family, usually doesn't touch it. Occasionally a slice on the first day. I can make a really good whole wheat sandwich bread that is soft and delicate.
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I think it's a desire to co-create the world.
No offense to your charming family, but what, are they opting for WonderBread? Nobody doesn't like homemade bread! My niece used to go nuts for the stuff my mom made in the bread machine.
OK, you need to build, yes BUILD, one of those half dome outdoor brick ovens in your backyard and start baking artisanal loaves to sell to the swells at outrageous prices.
I've become a serial flatbread maker.